Caesar had made strong connections with him through the family marriage alliance. Then, in 85 BCE, Caesar's dad died and Caesar had to become the ruler of the house. Caesar was offered to become a religious man by the rest of the clan, but he wanted to go with a political life instead of a religious life. It was then, that he made the first step in becoming politically involved. In 84 BCE, Caesar married Cornelia, the daughter of Cinna. It wasn't the best move he had ever made because his political career ended before it started when his father-in-law, a very important ruler of the Roman counsel, died by his own soldiers.
             When this happened a new leader was self-elected called Sulla, who initiated a reign of terror. A list of the city's enemies was posted in the middle of the town. Sulla believed that anybody who had political status and owned land was a threat to him. Caesar, according to those standards, was a threat. Caesar was spared of being killed because he was young and inexperienced. Sulla did however force him to divorce Cinna and marry someone in the political system. Caesar denied the decree, however, and was forced to become a fugitive with some other slaves and he ran to the Italian hills. His mother talked to the officials and was won the assurance that allowed Caesar to come back safely, on one condition, however. He had to go before Sulla, which was a terrifying experience for the 19-year-old boy. Sulla started to criticize the way Caesar dressed and took care of his hair. Nevertheless, Caesar became a free man again and made a good decision to stay out of his way. Caesar was then assigned a position of second in command to help rule over Asia (Turkey). As soon as he got there, he was given a very important position, because he was a Nobel son. He was to go to a northern Rome client state called Bithynia. There he was treated like royalty and invited to a banquet with the king of Bithynia, where he made a terribl...